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tains for about six months of the year from April to September 
or October, but the rest of the year is dry. I got these last 
March just at the end of the season. I should judge they would 
make fine stock feed in meal; in fact, the natives eat them 
and told me they fatten their hogs on them finely as the 
shells are thin and very brittle. The meats appear to have 
much oil. I find them rather hard when dry. When I got them 
the meats were softer than chestnuts when first gathered." 
(Wolcott.) For distribution later. 
ORYZA SATIVA. (Poaceae.) 34220-249. Seeds of rice from 
Manila, Philippine Islands. Presented by Mr. F. W. Taylor, 
Director of Agriculture, through Mr. 0. W. Barrett, Chief, 
Division of Horticulture, Bureau of Agriculture. Thirty vari- 
eties, some of them yielding as much as two and a half tons 
per acre. For distribution later. 
PERSEA LINGUE. (Lauraceae.) 34157. Seeds of lingue from 
Santa Ines, Chile. Presented by Mr. Salvador Izquierdo. "This 
is a very valuable industrial forest tree of large size, hand- 
some, compact, evergreen, with glossy gray-green leaves and is 
an extra quick grower; here it is not a delicate plant but 
grows quickly in any soil that is wet or very moist, and also 
in water. The wood is light and tough like elm, but takes a 
very high finish. Its lumber is highly esteemed and is last- 
ing if protected from the wet; used for furniture, bodies and 
poles of carts, ox yokes, etc. The wood is the color of white 
ash, and when finished has a yellowish tinge. It takes any 
stain. Its bark is solely used for tanning and is largely ex- 
ported to Europe. Every station in the south is filled to 
overflowing with thousands of bags of broken bark awaiting 
transportation. The forests are being stripped, and in a very 
few years this tree will be very sarce. It is an extra beaut- 
iful shade tree. Its leaves are poisonous to animals, especi- 
ally sheep, who are very fond of them. Medicinally it is a pow- 
erful astringent." (Jose D. Husbands.) For distribution later. 
PHOENIX DACTYLIFERA. (Phoenlcaceae . ) 34213. Offshoots 
of the Medjool date, received through Mr. Walter T. Swingle 
from Dr. L. Trabut , Government Botanist of Algeria, who se- 
cured them from the Er Reteb region, Tafilelt, Morocco through 
Si Mohammed ben Idris Fassi. "The Medjool date comes from the 
Tafilelt region in southeastern Morocco. It is the finest 
variety in the Tafilelt country but is unknown in America and 
comparatively little known in Europe, except in England and 
Spain, in both which countries it brings a higher price than 
any other date on the market, in spite of the fact that it 
